I just read this blog,
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/04/13-4

And it pretty much sums up the way I feel about paying taxes. Actually, I'm alright with the concept of taxes, since it's the only way the government would be able to fund anything that's in the interest of the American public. But most of us suspect that our money is misspent. I think this article says what I feel about it.

I am interested in knowing more about protesting the way our taxes are spent. This is robbery. They take out $$$ from my paychecks to fund things that I feel like aren't beneficial to this country. No, no, don't get me wrong. I am totally supportive of the idea of having a military. To defend us. But what is the military doing anyway? They're secretive on our tax money. Why don't we hear more about how our National Guards are doing? Why are we always hearing about the war on the other side of the world? Why are we funding a war that hasn't explained exactly why it's defending us?

If my taxes were more about funding schools, healthcare, science and technology programs, and you know, things that can actually build a better future within the borders of this country, I'm all for it. I'm not going to get into a political rant and write about anything more, it's almost midnight and I'm just browsing the net while my hair is drying.

And don't get me wrong again, I am all for the citizen who decides to join the military on the basis they are proud to defend this country from attackers and missiles pointed at us. I want to support those who defend me. I was once interested in doing that for a living, but things got jumbled and I am no longer in the mindset to jump in. Well - I can't help but think that there wouldn't be missiles if America wasn't hated for a reason. I find it hard to believe that any country would hate us just because we're America. America did something wrong to them, but no one tells us these things. Our tax money, at work, indeed.